hi guys! i have a question to you. is there any way to check what my level of german is? i mean i have studied german for almost 4 years but i don’t feel very confident about it. i’m in pre-in class and my school offers both sl and ab initio (also hl but i’m not considering it) and i could possibly take ab initio but my teacher encourages me to take sl (it’s also because not many people want to take it)
also i would like to ask you: how hard is german sl?

There are two major questions you need to ask yourself:
1. Is this a subject you need to take on a relatively advanced level? Will it matter to your university applications?
2. Will this make your life easier in IB? Ab initio clearly demands less, but German B SL is also manageable.
Also try to do a simulation of the real test. P1 and P2.

thank you for your answer!
well it probably won’t matter to my uni applications at all, but it can turn out to be useful generally in life. also i know i’ll make ib harder for me if i take german sl but maybe it will pay off later
what is p1 and p2?

I would say it depends in your other subjects. I saw that you have maths and physics HL which is equivalent to further mathematics. I don’t know abiut your skills in these subjects but they’re both a lot of work. You’ll get quite a lot from other subjects as well. As you have three languages chosen already i would recommend doing ab german because you won’t struggle as much with it.
I know people from my class who have done 4 years of french and took it this year as their sl third language and they’re really struggling with it. However this choice is all up to you. German SL with 4 years of studying it is very achievable as well.